@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ data for a single 6\ **NBody**-by-6\ **NBody** matrix. If **NBodyMod** > 1
174174If **OutAll ** is set to TRUE, HydroDyn will output the total strip-theory
175175forces and moments on each user-defined member and joint. These are
176176included as additional columns in the output file independent of any
177- user-requested outputs. The forces and moments on the members (loads on
178- the side wall ) will be written first. For example, the 6 load components
177+ user-requested outputs. The forces and moments on the members (integrated loads across
178+ all side walls ) will be written first. For example, the 6 load components
179179on the first member in the **MEMBERS ** table (the first row of the table)
180180are given by **M1TotFxi **, **M1TotFyi **, **M1TotFzi **, **M1TotMxi **,
181181**M1TotMyi **, and **M1TotMzi **. After the member loads, the total lumped
@@ -197,7 +197,27 @@ force and moment components are resolved in the earth-fixed inertial frame
197197of reference, and the moments are computed about the instantaneous principal
198198reference point (PRP), same as the output channels **HydroFxi **,
199199**HydroFyi **, etc. As a reminder, the PRP is a body-fixed point located at
200- the earth-fixed origin when the HydroDyn structure is undisplaced.
200+ the earth-fixed origin when the HydroDyn structure is undisplaced. Summing
201+ all member and joint loads gives the total strip-theory loads on the entire
202+ structure.
203+
204+ After the member and joint loads, HydroDyn also outputs the total forces
205+ and moments on each computational node of the HydroDyn strip-theory (Morison)
206+ mesh. This internal mesh is used to map the loads to other structural
207+ modules, such as SubDyn, and contains joint nodes at the user-defined joint
208+ locations followed by member internal nodes created from member discretization.
209+ The force and moment components are again resolved in the earth-fixed inertial
210+ frame of reference. However, the moment on each node is about the node itself,
211+ not about the PRP as with the member and joint load outputs above. Additionally,
212+ the joint mesh nodes can have load contributions from both member side walls
213+ and from the joint/endplates. This is because part of the side-wall loads on
214+ the first and last element of a member can be assignd to the joint nodes. As
215+ a result, the load outputs at the joint nodes do not necessarily match the joint
216+ load outputs above, which do not contain contributions from member side walls.
217+ The nodal load output column names indicate the node number, e.g., **N1TotFxi **,
218+ **N1TotFyi **, **N1TotFzi **, **N1TotMxi **, **N1TotMyi **, and **N1TotMzi ** for
219+ the first node. The node numbering follows the **Nodes ** table in the HydroDyn
220+ summary file.
201221
202222Results File
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